Traded my 2008 Duramax/ally LT 78,xxx miles.

For those of you that believe the Diesel economics, BS! At least in may case.

Mine was deleted, MBRP with efiLive tune, still never seen 20mpg.

In 19 months of owning that truck I spent $2,838 in repairs. I bought it with 48k drove 30k in 18 months, YEA.

Power steering pump failed
Torsion Key broke
Master cylinder leaked
Brakes chattered
Tranny lines leaked
Rear seal in the ally leaked
Body control module
ECM module



New and first Ford in 20 years:

2013 Fx4, Eco, Screw, 3.55 eLocker, etc...

So far pulling 14.8 in town with 100 miles on the clock.

 

Congrats on your purchase and welcome back to the blue oval.

 

Glad to see you traded up... Not a fan of GM, especially the Durasux. Also, your MPGs should increase a bunch as your motor loosens up.

 

welcome back sounds like a good truck!

 

Welcome back Watz and congrats on your new ride sir. We all hope that your new Ford will serve you well.

 

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I worked at a quick lube in 04 for a few years. the chevy's were always leaking oil somewhere! be it at the tranny, seals, cooling lines, etc etc!

 

Best truck ever. White FX4 ecoboost!

 

Congrats on your new truck!!

I hope it accomplishes everything you are looking for and is as reliable as I believe them to be. We all know things happen to all makes of vehicles and dread having to get the one that has all the issues. I will be buying a F150 because I believe they are the best built truck on the market...I am no fan boy as I own a Toyota Sequoia at the moment. My Sequoia is extremely reliable and doesn't leak or burn a drop of oil with 148,000 miles on it. I can't wait to get the ecoboost and effortlessly pull our 3,200 lbs boat around!! (Especially looking forward to the 6speed select shift transmission!!)

 

GM had a big problem with a lot of their aluminum block engines (2003-2010). There was a casting flaw that would cause them to leak oil from the rear main seal. They issued a TSB for "block porosity," but never any kind of recall.

I had this issue with my GMC Envoy 5.3L. It would drip oil in my garage and would sometimes smell like burning oil. Turned out they had to replace the rear main seal and repair the block porosity with RTV sealant.

On the Envoys, the engine oil pan and front differential are one piece, which is connected to a front sub-frame, so they basically had to take half of the front end of the truck apart to repair the issue. Cost would have been over $2,500, but luckily I had an extended warranty.

Between that block porosity issue, piston slap, issues with dexcool, and so on I shy away from modern GM small blocks a bit. I've actually had much better luck with Ford's mod motors, despite the whole blown spark plug fiasco.

 

figured it had to be in that year range. I seen it all. new chevy first oil change and plug came out with the insides of bearing stuck to the magnet on it!! one guy also had one of the very first Avalanches in Canada and he had to get rid of it because of the amount of oil it leaked. oil coolant lines were a monthly thing for the truck and between every oil change he had to add about a gallon overall.

not once did I see a ford/dodge/etc come in with those problems. chevy with the 8.1L never had those issues either.

 

The spark plug fiasco was actually a fairly limited number of motors, considering how many have actually been produced. The mod motors may not be real horsepower motors, but they have earned a reputation as very hearty and long lasting, even among many of my misguided Chebby friends.

 

GM trucks also notoriously have body control modules go bad. Thank God most of us drive Blue Oval Trucks.

 

Congratulations on the new ride.